Bahamian artist Eddie Minnis was born on October 14th, 1947 in Nassau, Bahamas. He remembers drawing at primary school, and his mother always encouraging him to go outside to paint. He received his formal education from St. John's College in Nassau where he participated in his first exhibitions during the school's tea parties. He is an alumnus of Chelsea Pottery where he spent a lot of his time after school. In 1971 he received a BSc degree in Architecture from McGill University, Montreal, Canada. However, since his first love had always...more